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Victoria Prentis

Conservative - Banbury

16,813 (26.7%) majority - 2019 General Election

First elected: 7th May 2015

Attorney General

(since October 2022)

Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
7th Sep 2022 - 25th Oct 2022
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
16th Sep 2021 - 7th Sep 2022
Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill
6th Jul 2022 - 7th Jul 2022
Animal Welfare (Kept Animals) Bill
3rd Nov 2021 - 18th Nov 2021
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
13th Feb 2020 - 16th Sep 2021
Speaker's Advisory Committee on Works of Art
28th Jan 2019 - 6th Nov 2019
Justice Committee
11th Sep 2017 - 6th Nov 2019
Statutory Instruments (Joint Committee)
2nd Nov 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Statutory Instruments (Select Committee)
2nd Nov 2015 - 3rd May 2017
Justice Committee
6th Jul 2015 - 3rd May 2017


Division Voting information

During the current Parliament, Victoria Prentis has voted in 968 divisions, and 1 time against the majority of their Party.

7 Mar 2023 - Public Order Bill - View Vote Context
Victoria Prentis voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 107 Conservative Aye votes vs 109 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 116 Noes - 299
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Debates during the 2019 Parliament

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
Daniel Zeichner (Labour)
(185 debate interactions)
Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op))
(105 debate interactions)
Stephanie Peacock (Labour)
(82 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Attorney General
(38 debate contributions)
Department for Work and Pensions
(6 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(5 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Fisheries Act 2020
(44,948 words contributed)
Agriculture Act 2020
(35,080 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by Victoria Prentis

Victoria Prentis has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Victoria Prentis, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Victoria Prentis has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Victoria Prentis has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

1 Bill introduced by Victoria Prentis


A bill to make provision about mandatory local consultation in relation to changes in services proposed by NHS Trusts and healthcare commissioning authorities; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading: House Of Commons
Tuesday 25th October 2016
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Victoria Prentis has not asked any Written Questions in the current parliament